I was attempting to set the sync settings so that ONLY bookmarks and settings are synced and for some bizarre reason I cannot. I don't need or want my history or "open tabs" or passwords and other data saved. I merely want those two essential things saved. Everything else is unnecessary. I don't believe in having non-essential data shared between servers, in case of a breach of privacy and for simple avoiding cluttering the bandwidth with unnecessary information.

It may be fine to have the settings default so that all the possible sync data is saved, but there should be an option- as there is in Chrome- to specify what is to be synced for those who choose to do so.

Given Opera doesn't give me the choice, I cannot use it, and won't until this is fixed/changed. Either a browser has features I want or it's a waste of my time. Chrome and Firefox allow me to do what I want on all the important issues, Opera fails on this issue.

I was attempting to set the sync settings so that ONLY bookmarks and settings are synced and for some bizarre reason I cannot. I don't need or want my history or "open tabs" or passwords and other data saved. I merely want those two essential things saved. Everything else is unnecessary. I don't believe in having non-essential data shared between servers, in case of a breach of privacy and for simple avoiding cluttering the bandwidth with unnecessary information.

It may be fine to have the settings default so that all the possible sync data is saved, but there should be an option- as there is in Chrome- to specify what is to be synced for those who choose to do so.

Given Opera doesn't give me the choice, I cannot use it, and won't until this is fixed/changed. Either a browser has features I want or it's a waste of my time. Chrome and Firefox allow me to do what I want on all the important issues, Opera fails on this issue.

And below that it has a button saying "Sign Out" and a link that says "learn more"

From Opera's own FAQ:

"Opera synchronizes bookmarks, open tabs, Speed Dial shortcuts and more from all of your devices."

The FAQ specifically lists History, Settings, Speed Dial, Tabs and Bookmarks as being synced automatically. I have no way to control what is being synced.

As for Cookies, since Opera is apparently a Chrome clone and Chrome syncs cookies, I see no reason why that would be changed, especially when they don't explicitly say "Cookies are not synced."

I'm impressed that Opera has taken the time to make their Chrome clone more visually appealing and generally easier to use, since Google can't design UI's worth crap... but there's still too many similarities to make assumptions about functions.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/83667https://forums.opera.com/post/83667Sun, 06 Sep 2015 11:13:51 GMTSorry, I was looking at the Opera Beta version which has that dialog; when 32 goes stable it'll be there along with the option to sync passwords.
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